Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-17
MONDAY, OCTOBER IT, 1857.
Too Plausible BY Half.

A good many people are busy, very
busy, at this particular juncture, in
terviewing a gentleman from New
York named Chauncey NJ. Depew.
His advice is sought on all sorts OF
propositions. We glanced yesterday
at his outgivings on "the land specuia-
tion fever" as he calls the desire
manifested by thousands of people to
acquire bit of California real estate.
He needs little attention to-day on
the score OF his political views. He
says in brief: "Mr. Blaine will be
the next President of the United
States. 1t is peculiar condition of
affairs that there is scarcely any op-
position in the country to MIR. Blaine's
nomination. tell you, the American
people have instinctively deep-seated
sentimen mt in favor of fair play.
When Mr.. Tilden was candidate for
the Presidency there was large pub
lic sentiment in which l, as Repub-
fican, did not share, that resolved IT.
self into almost general belief that
T;lden was elected president of the
United States, and if he had been NOM
mated he would have been elected, as
sure as a gun. Now the people are
firm in the belief that a hysterical re-
sponse to an asinine address delivered
by phenomenal jackass with rev.
erend cognomen resulted in the defeat
of Mr.. Blaine for the Presidency at
the last election, and if he should be
nominated again the result will be
far different. As it was, he was de-
feated only by seven hundred votes,
and since that time the people have
had an opportunity to estimate what
they got and what they have lost by
the result. l think the time has ar
rived when the people OF America
have outlived that old fantastic fear
that it would be dangerous thing to
elect a man of ability to the presi-
dency.'h There is about the worse
compilation of insincerity and loose
thinking, disclosed of late. There is
only one sincere sentiment
in it. Judge Depew says: 81, as
Republican" did not share the senti-
ment that Mr.. Tilden was cheated out
of the Presidency. He does not say:
II did not share it, because | did not
think it founded on fact" ''As Re-
publican" he rejected the sentiment.
That was ground enough for him to
reject any sentiment regardless of its
correctness. That is just the size of
the man. Nor is there any belief that
DIR. Burchard's famous ALTERATION
was what defeated Mr.. Blaine.
1t may have lost him
vote here and there. The
opportunity to estimate what they
have lost and what they got, is just
the very circumstance which will de-
feat Mr.. Blaine by an overwhelming
majority if he ever comes before the
nation again. Mr.. Depew OF course
never speaks his honest sentiments.
So long has he been accustomed to
utter sentiments he "does not share"
with his master, that there is little
room to doubt he has no honest senti-
ments left. He is the hireling of bad
master, and he has been paid for
half a generation to utter the same
very false and dangerous sentiments
of his master. His late master. Damn
the-Public Vanderbilt, and his con-
federate Gould, tried, just before the
last national election, to do for Mr..
Cleveland what DIR. Buchard is credit
ed with accomplishing for Mr.. Blaine,
in their address-we will not charac-
terize it as the elegant lawyer does the
preacher's-when they gave out that
a Democratic victory meant the utter
and speedy ruin OF all business. 1t is
observable that there was no historical
pesponse to the Cassandra wall OF the
millionaires. In spite of that famous
ieremiad there was Democratic vic
tory. The people are well satisfied
with the balance sheet OF loss ant
yain between Cleveland and Blaine
What sheer bosh and buncombe tina
is about the American people and any
old fantastic fear OF great men! Why
with very rare exceptions, the
American people never elected
any but very great men t'
the Presidency. The few excep
tions were cases where MIR. Depew
and the men who pay him for his
views got in man through the sub
servancy of the Republican party to
raonopolies, SO that Gould and his
gang could carry out their nefarious